Don’t do business with LocalFlavor.com

Somebody signed up for an account at LocalFlavor.com using my email address (a common occurrence, since I have a relatively common name, and was the first to grab it at Gmail.) Here’s what happened next:

LocalFlavor don’t verify that the people who sign up for their service actually own the email accounts they specified in the on-boarding process. As a result, I started getting “Daily Deals” email for someone in Jacksonville, Florida.

I clicked the unsubscribe link at the bottom of those emails, and was taken to the subscription management area of the website, which reported that I was unsubscribed. But the site doesn’t respect that setting, and I continued to get the daily emails.

And here’s the worst — Since I own the email account the person used when signing up, I reset the LocalFlavor account password, logged in, and attempted to delete the account. Any you know what I discovered—no surprise really, from such a slimy business—the accounts area of the website doesn’t provide any link to delete your account.

Comments

Having the exact same experience. The employee that replied, quoted “federal auditing purposes” as the reason for not being able to delete my account. I don’t know what the legislation is in the US, but in Europe this is a direct breach of personal data and rights. I am here because I tried to find other people’s experiences. I am looking into potential legal action but I think revealing their illegal activity everywhere is a first step.